Using the Assessment for Learning Audit Instrument to Inform Data-Driven Professional Development in Ireland and Norway

• In Event: Poster Session 13
  In Poster Session: Classroom Assessment Research and Practice

Abstract

The Assessment for Learning Audit Instrument, developed in a research study conducted over a 5-year period using a large national dataset in the Republic of Ireland, is designed to gauge teachers’ baseline understanding of assessment practices (Lysaght & O’Leary, 2013) and the extent to which data derived from the instrument may be used to inform teacher professional development. This paper builds on this research study by offering a case-study based in two Norwegian schools of the extent to which both the research instrument and the concomitant model of teacher professional development transfer internationally. The paper speaks to the challenge of creating adaptable instruments that support innovative and effective approaches to educating teachers about assessment and effective to education teachers.

Authors

• Michael O'Leary, Dublin City University

• Zita Lysaght, St. Patricks College